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Monday, October 16, 2006

The Library at Night

So, I read a few pages of this book, and now, I want to TRY and inspire people. The opening pages of the book are the author explaining both his dream library and the library that he had to create because of the space he had. So, I was hoping, people would share their dream libraries. You can spend any amount of money, have any amount of space.

What is your dream library?

You don't have to post it in the comments, it can be something that people post on their blogs. I think it sounds like fun, but most of my discussion questions fizzle and die. Let me know if you do it so I can read it!

And, I tag everyone that reads my blog, so no getting out of it. :)

I will post mine after I run to the mall, have to get a birthday present for my boyfriends father.

12 comments:

Ok to start it would have floor to ceiling book cases running the length of three walls they would be in a dark wood and have those ladderts that slide along the bookcases. Then the fourth wall would be all glass looking over a garden with roses and lots of green grass. It would have really plush white carpet and then one chair that you can curl up in and with a small side table to put my teacup and pot of tea. I may put a small radio but NO TELEPHONE. I would then fill it with every book I could ever want.

Louise? Are you inside my head?? I'll add in the fireplace and the large wood table with loads of pretty stationary to take notes on the books I'm reading. I also need a daybed of some kind to stretch out on to read. Sigh...why oh why is this only a dream????

Mailyn, you stole mine! That has been my dream library since I was little and saw that movie! That's actually my favourite Disney movie because Belle reads. I would make a few changes to it, though, which I will post about momentarily.

You'll probably see my post over at Heather's blog, but I mentioned Carl's dream library sounded just about perfect apart from the fact that you'd need hired help to dust all those wonderful books. Actually, now that I think about it . . . add glass doors to those shelves and that will eliminate half the dust. LOL

We actually looked at a house with a sunken room that was used as a library. It looked very turn-of-the-century upper-class - glass doors on all the bookshelves with criss-cross leading and hardwood floors. Gorgeous solid wood and trim everywhere. It was awesome, but the house itself was kind of scary, with exposed wiring hanging out of some of the switches. It actually had a ballroom and was probably 4000 square feet with the attic but no way could we have afforded to fix everything! And, I was sure it was haunted, after I looked at that half-finished attic with peeling, yellowed wallpaper that looked 100 years old. It gave me the creeps.

Well - as you know I have my dream library :) and it is a wonderous place. I built it myself with major help from my sister. Actually, it should be the other way around - she built it with major help from me. There are books on every wall - from floor to ceiling. I had to buy a little step ladder to reach the highest ones. I have a stero system in it to listen to music and a nice comfie book chair. Now I'm working on decorating the tops of the shelves - until I cover them with books too.

I am so sorry, but I turned anonymous commenting off. I have had it from the very beginning, but that is how the spam is getting by my spam filter at the moment. If it is a big deal I will turn it back on and moderate all comments. I also changed moderation from older than 14 days to older than 7.

About Me

Since I was a little girl I have been fascinated with books. Early photos show me with a book in hand, even if it was not exactly my reading level... My first word was a made-up word meaning 'book', actually. I suppose I had my priorities at an early age... Over the years my interest in books has become one of the defining features of who I am as a person. You can probably call me a bookworm. While I have other interests, reading will always be the one I talk about the most, even if I am not focusing on it as much as I used to.